It is not hard to understand why the British government tried to prevent the Covid-19 inquiry getting access to WhatsApp messages given what we heard this week.
They detailed expletive laden insults, bitter accusations of incompetence and lies flowing freely as the people tasked with managing the biggest health crisis in living memory instead turned on each other.The irony is that the quote that best encapsulated the whole episode came from then prime minister Boris Johnson himself.
We heard that Dominic Cummings did not think Mr Johnson was fit for office - even though he helped to get him elected. Mr Cummings also said it was"crackers" that he himself was made Chief of Staff in No 10. The Halloween horror show presented by Mr Cummings' messages and testimony included sustained criticism of the Cabinet Office .
She, in turn, was critical of then health secretary Matt Hancock for telling cabinet members that plans were in place for Covid when in fact none existed. Then there was Ms MacNamara's admission that there was never a day when all Covid rules were followed in No 10 - she herself received a fixed penalty notice for attending a gathering.
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